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El Salvador — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for El Salvador, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.43%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -84.5% since 1961
Population growth for El Salvador was 0.43% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.82% in 1967. The lowest was -0.05% in 2006 (about -7.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.87% per year.
El Salvador ranks 146 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so El Salvador sits below it. It peaked in 1967 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 28%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.43%
First (1961)
2.78%
Change
-84.5%
Highest
2.82%
in 1967
Lowest
-0.05%
in 2006
Average
1.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.87%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.43% |
| 2024 | 0.45% |
| 2023 | 0.47% |
| 2022 | 0.39% |
| 2021 | 0.34% |
| 2020 | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.04% |
| 2018 | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.21% |
| 2016 | 0.28% |
| 2015 | 0.34% |
| 2014 | 0.39% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.